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Dessoir, Max
(Encyclopedia) Dessoir, MaxDessoir, Maxmäx dĕswär,ˈ [key], 1867–1947, German philosopher. He earned doctorates from the universities of Berlin (philosophy, 1889) and Würtzburg (medicine, 1892). He…clock
(Encyclopedia) CE5 A pendulum clock: Weight-driven clock mechanism clock, instrument for measuring and indicating time. Predecessors of the clock were the sundial, the hourglass, and the…Denis, Maurice
(Encyclopedia) Denis, MauriceDenis, Mauricemôrēsˈ dənēˈ [key], 1870–1943, French painter and writer on art. His paintings, usually on religious themes, have not proved so influential as his art…Ozenfant, Amédée
(Encyclopedia) Ozenfant, AmédéeOzenfant, Amédéeämādāˈ ōzäNfäNˈ [key], 1886–1966, French art theorist and painter. He criticized the cubists after 1912 for creating a merely decorative art form.…Morris, Robert, 1931–2018, American artist
(Encyclopedia) Morris, Robert (Robert Eugene Morris), 1931–2018, American artist, b. Kansas City, Mo., studied Kansas City Art Institute, California School of Fine Arts, Reed College. He settled in…Blunt, Anthony Frederick
(Encyclopedia) Blunt, Anthony Frederick, 1907–83, English art historian and Soviet spy, grad. Cambridge. Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art after 1947 and professor of the history of art at…Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Encyclopedia) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, founded in 1870. The Metropolitan Museum is the foremost repository of art in the United States and one of the world's great museums. It…William Shakespeare: Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press
Be wise as thou art cruel; do not pressBe wise as thou art cruel; do not press My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain; Lest sorrow lend me words, and words express The manner of my…William Shakespeare: That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect
That thou art blam'd shall not be thy defectThat thou art blam'd shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair; The ornament of beauty is suspect, A crow that flies in…Sun Tzu on the Art of War: Weak Points and Strong [1]
Energy Maneuvering Weak Points and Strong [1] Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second…Trending
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